European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sagasz the stars and stripes thursday april 30,1987 Post wins by it Asinc lated Pra Randy Wood a Laic season Callipi from Springfield of the american hockey league was credited with scoring the winning goal for he new York islanders tuesday night in & 2-1 Victory at Phila Delphia which kept the islanders playoff Hopes alive in he nil s Patrick Divi Sion at Montreal Ryan Walter scored on a 15-foot wrist shot with 2 39 left to play 16 give the canadians a 3-2 Victory Over Quebec and a 3-2 Lead in the bist of seven Adams division series. The flyers Lead their Best of so Van so Ries 3-2 and could Advance to the Sian a no playoffs cup semifinals with a Victory thursday night in new York. The 23-Ycar-old Wood a Yale Grad uate was called up by the islanders near the end of the regular season to lend sup port to an injury riddled team. He had one goal in Sis games Afier losing 6-5 to the flyers at Home in game 4, the islanders put in More Effort defensively tuesday nigh. We worked very hard on defense in practice monday goaltender Kelly Hru Dey said. It was part of our game plan we checked Well and they did t gel the chances they usually do. We were a Little More aggressive we weren t sitting  with the Victory the islanders continued to display their comeback magic in inc playoffs. They were behind 3-1 to Washington in the first round before ral lying to win in seven games the islanders broke a i-1 tic with he help of some hard work by Veteran Bryan Trottier. Trottier Oul hustled flyers de . Skaters Bow to Finland Vienna Austria a the United Stales twice squandered the Lead and lost 6-4 to Finland in relegation Pool Competition tuesday at the world hockey championships. Even a lie against the finns would have made the americans Safe among the world s top eight teams after Switzer land lost 8-1 to West Germany it was Switzerland s eighth consecutive defeat in the Competition. The United states which lost 5-2 to Finland in the preliminaries held 1-0 and 2-1 first period advantages but crumbled in the Middle of the game. The americans scored twice to reduce the finns Lead to one goal. But Finland scored with 19 seconds remaining after . Goalie John Vanbiesbrouc was re moved in favor of the extra skater. At one stage of the final period both teams had three players serving penalties. Fun scan Brad Marsh for the puck and nipped it 10 Ken Morrow who shot from above the right Baccof Circle. The puck glanced into the net off Wood for his first goal of the playoffs and inc second of his Brief nil career. I saw the puck going Back to Morrow and 1 was just going to the net for a screen to lie up the goalie Wood said. I was so concerned about inc goalie that i was t concentrating on where he puck was. I fell a lot of tricks hitting me and wound up on top of goalie Ron he tall i was surprised to Sec the puck in the  the learns battled through a scoreless first period before Philadelphia s Lind say Carson scored at 5 56 of the second period on a breakaway after stealing the puck off the Slick of Morrow at inc Fly ers Blue line. The left Wing skated in on Hrudney faked left and beat the goalie with a shot through his legs from five feel. The goal was the second of the playoffs for car son who had Only 11 in the regular sea son. Rich Kromm lied it for new York at 14 18 of the second period after taking a pass from pal Lafontaine at the Blue line. The shot skipped under the pads of he Italy who was sprawled on the ice it was the first Goat of the playoffs for Kromm who had 12 in inc regular sea son. Hrudney made 24 saves while Hextall turned away 25 shots in a game in which no penalties were called in the Las two periods. The game marked the return to action of flyers Center Ron Sutler who missed 48 games since Jan. 10 because of a stress fracture in his lower Back. Quebec s Normand Bic before dumps Montreal s Claud Leteux in tuesday s game. The canadians who Tost the first two games of i hair series with the nordic us can wrap the series up with a Victory in came 6 at Quebec thursday night waiter s goal his second of the game came about 3d seconds after Alain Cote had apparently Given Quebec a 3-2 Lead. However referee Kerry Fraser ruled that coincidental minor penalties he had called on the play led to Cote s goal and nullified it. The canadians who had Only 10 shots in the first two periods look a 2-1 Lead into inc third period on goals by Shayne Carson and Waller. Paul Gillis tied the game with his Sec Ond goal of the series 38 seconds into the final period. Al from Page 21 Knight s single. In other Al games rangers 3, Yankees 1 Arlington tews Edwin Cor Rea trying o become the youngest Amer ican league Pitcher to throw a no hitter in the modern Era held new York witless for Ivi innings until Willie Randolph singled As Texas beat the Yankees. Correa pitching one Day before his 21st birthday lost his bid when ran Dolph cleanly lined a 3-2 pitch to left Field Don haltingly followed with a double to left Center knocking Correa out of the game. Dale Mohoric replaced Correa and finished for his second save in the combined iwo Hiller. Correa 1-1, held the Yankees Willess de spite struggling with his Contra. He gave up a run in the second inning on a Catcher s interference Call a walk and Randolph s rib grounder. Correa walked the bases loaded with two outs in sixth but escaped the Jam by retiring Gary Ward on a grounder o shortstop. Correa a right hander struck out seven and walked five Bob Brewer led off the Texas first inning with his first major league Homer and Ruben Sierra and Larry Parrish hit consecutive Ranger homers in the fifth. Blue jays 5, twins 1 Toronto Jim Clancy hurled a six Hitler and George Bell drove in three runs two coming on his fourth Homer in his last four games to Lead Toronto Over Minnesota. Angels 10, Brewers 5 Anaheim Calif. Milwaukee lost for Only the second time in 19 games As Doug dec incas slammed a three run Homer and two doubles to Lead califor Nia past the Brewers. Brian Downing had a two run Homer in the sixth inning to put California ahead to slay and fun i while sox 0 Cleveland Ken Schrom tossed a four hitter and Mel Hall stroked a bases loaded single past a drawn in infield with one out in the Bottom of the ninth inning As Cleveland edged Chicago mariners 6, tigers 4 Seattle Ken Phelps hit two Solo Home runs and Jim Presley added a two run Homer in support of Mike Morgan s pitching As Seattle beat Detroit. Morgan 1-3 after his first Start in eight Days allowed three runs on eight hits in eight innings. Athletics 7, red sox i Oakland Calif. Dennis eckers Ley pitched six innings of two nil Ball in Relief of Oakland starter Joaquin Andu Jar who lasted Only 15 pitches in his first appearance of the season As the athletics Defeated Boston. Andujar faced four waiters allowing no hits before leaving with stiffness in his pitching Arm. Aba from Page 17 Reid hit a Short jumper with 3 29 to go for a 108-99 Lead and the Trail blazers never threatened again Clyde Drexler scored 26 Points to Lead the blazers White Steve Johnson had 23 and Terry Porter got 21, Houston closed out the second Quarter with a 19-10 surge for its 25-Point half Lime bulge. The determined blazers who beat the rockets i 1-98 in game 2, rallied in the third Quarter behind the shooting of Drax scr who had 10 Points that period. Portland trimmed Houston s Lead to 95-79 at the end of the third period and Cut the margin 10 99-90 with 8 24 left Houston never trailed in the game scaring the game s first four Points and bursting to a 38-22 Lead at the end of the first period. The rockets hit 14 of their last 17 shots of the first Quarter. Supersonics 117. Mavericks 107 Seattle Dale Ellis a former Bench warmer for Dallas scored a Carter High 43 paints to Lead Seattle Over the favored Mavericks for a 2-1 Lead in i hair first round playoff series. Game 4 of the Best of five series Wilt he played in Seattle on thursday night a fifth game if necessary is scheduled for Dallas on saturday. The sonics led by 22 Points talc in the first half and stayed in front in inc second half although inc Mavericks got As close As six late in the game. Ellis whose previous High was 41 paints added 14 rebounds for the sonics who got 22 Points from Tom Cham Bers and 16 from Xavier Mcdaniel Ellis has scored 75 Points in the two victories by Seattle which won 16 fewer games than the Mavericks in the regular season and lost five straight Reg ular season games to Dallas by an aver age of nearly 19 Points. After three seasons with the Maver icks Ellis was traded to Seattle after last season. Dallas got Al Wood. Derek Harper led he Mavericks with 30 Points. Rolando Blackman had 27 and Mark Aguirre added 16. James Donaldson Dallas 7-foot-2 starting Center Lias been bothered by a sore right leg and did t score a Point in 15 my us Sand did t play in inc second half. The sonics led 89-73 going Inlo the final Quarter but Dallas Cut the Seville Lead 10 sin 109-103. With 1 18 left on a Layup by Harper. A pair of free throws by Mcdaniel with 44 seconds left and one by Rookie Point guard Nate Mcmillan with 37 seconds to go put Seattle in front 112-103. Ellis 43 Points was the second Best Point total Ever by a sonics player in the playoffs two fewer than Fred Brown s learn record. Ellis had 15 paints in inc third Quarter and if in the second As the sonics built a big Lead. The songs were in front 55-37 at Linin inc. They were ahead by 22 with 3s seconds left in the opening half Fol lowing a free throw by Mcdaniel. Seattle was in front 26-15 after one Quarter As Dallas connected on just four o 17 Field goal attempts in that period